Abstract: A common software interface simplifies a process of configuring the network security features provided by network controlled devices. A real-time threat entity detection system automatically scans the network using various protocols and builds entity profile data for each detection. The entity profile data is saved and updated every time the entity is detected on the network. Once the scan is complete, the system user is prompted to classify each newly detected node as a member or non-member of the network. The system user can then define automatic actions to take upon identification of the existence of the defined threat entity on the network at any point in the future. For example, a typical action could include notifying the threat entity of its detection or sending continuous requests to the threat entity over the network to effectively eliminate the usefulness of its membership on the network.

Abstract: A computer program's launch time is reduced by reorganizing physical address storage of the program on a secondary storage device. Launch of the program is detected, then file access during the launch is monitored. A log file entry is created for each access to the secondary storage device. After launch is complete, the portions of the computer program accesses during the launch are moved into a contiguous area of the secondary storage device. Placement within the area corresponds to the access order during launch. Subsequent launches are faster because the launch portions of the program are contiguously located. Only the first access to a given memory block is considered in ordering the portions within the contiguous area The cluster size is used to estimate whether differing log entries correspond to the same address block.